http://www.montevistajournal.com Front RSS Feed Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:11:01 -0500 http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2500 ADEL NORTE - Issues of enforcement concerned the Rio Grande County Commissioners during their Sept. 1 meeting. County Land Use Planner Rose Vanderpool questioned the county's guidelines for utilizing alternative energies. "We need to either place a moratorium on alternative energy resources or find some Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:00:47 -0500 http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2494 MONTE VISTA - Living in the San Luis Valley, we have all grown up on the local produce. Have you ever purchased a bag of potatoes from the grocery store or farmers market and before you know it, the darn things have started to sprout? Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:53:42 -0500 http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2493 MONTE VISTA - The Monte Vista City Council took major action Thursday,Sept. 2, supporting the animal shelter, snuffing medical marijuana and passing the voter-approved land trade. Animal Shelter Councilors approved Resolution No. 17-2010, supporting the Conour Animal Shelter. Referring to a Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:51:05 -0500 http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2492 MONTE VISTA - The Monte Vista Merchants will host Street Sale Daze from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11. Adams Street will be blocked off between First and Second Street and merchants and vendors will be outside offering bargains, food and fun. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:48:33 -0500 http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2488 MONTE VISTA - This letter, written by a third grader, has city and school district officials mulling milk. When young Sam Clark was in City Hall with his mom and a sibling recently, he looked around and observed message slots. "Is that the one for Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:35:50 -0500 http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2486 MONTE VISTA - Two top state officials took Monte Vista's pulse Friday and said its heart is good and its main street progress is showing. Lt. Gov. Barbara O'Brien and Susan Kirkpatrick, executive director of the Colorado Dept. of Local Affairs (DOLA) as they visited Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:29:53 -0500 http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2485 MONTE VISTA - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has found that a female potato company employee was subjected to unwelcome sexual harassment by a supervisor and was forced to quit her job as a result. Maria de Jesus Ramirez worked for Spud Seller Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:26:10 -0500 http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.montevistajournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2484 MONTE VISTA - The Monte Vista Schools are adapting to the longer school days that result from a 4 day school week.  Last spring, the Board of Education adopted the shorter week as a way to deal with the 9 percent cut in state education Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:24:56 -0500